The Washington critic., 1887-03-04
CUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How 10 yrnch Al Portions of th'
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nll cars G for - csptC GOOD un amy line.
Naslinfton und Georgetown Rallrund starts
IT. Georgetown, corner Of High street, down
liitgC street, aero Rock creek, east along
iculsylyuula aNCnuc, passing circle Goa.
tanning Mills statue oi wnshin.tpu cor
Cttnu Gallery. STATE, Warand Navy Depart
TcntH; lrCsidfnts House, Lafayette Sdnars,
cunthlning Miils' equestrian statue uf An-
drew Jackson; Department Of Justice (hu't.
Ing ut Fifteenth ftrCpt, where transfer ars
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury Do
partmCnt; again down Pennsylvania uvCuuc
by Nillatd'sund other hotels, and through
Loptincipul business portion Of tho city
crossing seventh street west at Center
Market where transfers are given 10 tho
Seventh Street Branch. going north toward
Boundary street or south to Potomac uyrr),
past Botanical Gardens Ia Naval Monument
thero transfers are given tu branch running
to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad deNoD, as
Cendlng south side of Capitol llill, cOntin
uing along street south to Pennsylvania
avenue, turning Into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks to Nayy-Yard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions.
Four'eenth.street Branch = starts AT New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourteenth street TO boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thumns Statue, Rp.
turning, salne route. Transfers given oand
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour
Fare, q cents additional.
Seventh street Branch-Stnrts at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
Seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and postuflces, Odd Eel.
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Genre Margot and city Postonco lwhrro
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
linel, continuing across the Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Nit
aeun. 10 the wharvcs Of tue Mount Vernon
Norfolk and other ste imCrg and Alexandria
ferry. Returning, same route.
Metropolitan Halfway Leaving GEORGETOWN,
where 1t makes u circuit of West, High,
fayctts. Second, Dumburton aud Mont
gomcry streets passing near Georgetown
College, Academy of tho Visitation. High
Service Reservoir, and oak llill Cemetery,
oyer Rock Creek to T. street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pnla'
tinl residences of the West End including
that of the British minister; along Soven.
tecnth street west to II street north. Four
teonth street to y, passing Willard's aud the
Ebhitt House, crossing Ninth street (whcro
transfers are given TO the Ninthstrect
Branch), past the Patent and Post Offices,
to ruth street, TO Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary Square, city Hall, aud Lincoln
Monument; lndiunn avenue to @ street, by
the baltimore and Ohio depot To Delaware
avenue, to II street north, to First street
east, thcncc along East Capitol street to Lin.
coin Park. Returning, same rputo going
west, except along New Jersey avenue and
d street instead Of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave the west front Of the state,
War and Navy Depart mcnts ut convenient
Seventeenth and II streets.
Ninth street RranCli-Starts at northern ter
minus of seventh street west (whCru II con
meets with Silver Springs Brnnchl, diyorging
TO Ninth street, thence spUih, passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Tcmplp,
Patent and rostollCos at f. street (whcro
transfers are given to main line east or
VEST, thence 10 street, passing Centre
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot,
Sixth street to Missouri avenue to Four.
and.a.halt street, thence TO the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharvcs, Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Brnnch-Sturts from northern
terminus of Ninth.stre Branch, following
Seventh street road, past Howard univcr.
sity and schuet2en Park, to entrance t0
grounds of Soldiers Home. Returning,
same route.
Columbia Railway-Starts at Fifteenth street
along New York avenue TO Its intersection
with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts avenue 10
ii street north, past the Government Print
Inc Oflice 10 Boundary. and beginning OF
Baltimore turnpike and Benning's Bridge
road. Returning, same route.
North Capitol and o Street Tor BclD Railroad
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
andn'half street, thence east to First west,
north TO q street, west to Fourth street,
north to 7 street, west to Eleventh street,
south to Il street north, west to Fourteenth
street. south to Ohio avenue, east to
and east 10 starting point. Returning, same
route except passing east over instead Of
= Pstrcet.
This line also has short connecting roads run.
ming to the Centre Market, Potomac river
steamboat wharves, Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing, Washington Monument and
Eleventh and boundary.
Anacostia misunderstanding from foot OF
Seventh street, along NJ street south
past naVy.yarl gate, to Twelfth street cast
and over the Anacostia Bridge 10 Union
town aud the Government Hospital for thC
Insane. Returning, same route. Transfers
t. and from Avenue Line or seventh street
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rall'
road, cents.
Eerdlc coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue to Twenty
second and q streets northwest. Fare, !
cents; six tickets for 20 cents. llorse-yaT
tickets arc also received as fare.
Hcrdlc cabs are run to any part Of the city
Fare, % cents, within mile; IS cents pet
hour for one passenger; 81 per honr ful
more than one, Stands, East Capitol front
and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street northwest.